H. ZANCHIVS HIS CONFESSION OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION.Which now at length being 70. years of age, he causea to be published in the name of himself & his family.Englished in sense agreeable, and in words as answerable to his own latin copy, as in so grave a mans work is requisite: for the profit of all the unlearneder sort, of English christians, that desire to know his judgement in matters of faith.ROM. 10.With the heart man believeth unto righteousness: but with the mouth man confesseth to salvation.Let all things be subject to the judgement of the true Catholic church.PRINTED BY JOHN LEGATE, printer to the University of Cambridge. 1599.H. ZANCHIVS HIS CONFESSION OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION.Which novve at length being 70. yeares of age, he causea to bee published in the name of himselfe & his family.Englished in sense agreeable, and in words as answerable to his ovvne latine copie, as in so graue a mans worke is requisite: for the profite of all the vnlearneder sort, of English christians, that desire to know his iudgement in matters of faith.ROM. 10.With the heart man beleeueth vnto righteousnes: but with the mouth man confesseth to saluation.Let all things bee subiect to the iudgement of the true Catholike church.PRINTED BY IOHN LEGAT, printer to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. 1599.Title page of H. Zanchius his confession of Christian religion Which now at length being 70. years…, Cambridge, 1599

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H. Zanchius his confession of Christian religion Which now at length being 70. years…H. Zanchius his confession of Christian religion Which novve at length being 70. yeares…

Name: H. Zanchius his confession of Christian religion Which now at length being 70. years…
Author: Girolamo Zanchi

H. Zanchius his confession of Christian religion Which now at length being 70. years of age, he caused to be published in the name of himself & his family. Englished in sense agreeable, and in words as answerable to his own latin copy, as in so grave a mans work is requisite: for the profit of all the unlearneder sort, of English christians, that desire to know his judgement in matters of faith.H. Zanchius his confession of Christian religion Which novve at length being 70. yeares of age, he caused to bee published in the name of himselfe & his family. Englished in sense agreeable, and in words as answerable to his ovvne latine copie, as in so graue a mans worke is requisite: for the profite of all the vnlearneder sort, of English christians, that desire to know his iudgement in matters of faith.

Girolamo Zanchi 1516–1590Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1599Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1599

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Confession › Chapter 20 › Aphorism 7: VII. The power of free choice in the regenerate is yet weak: so that we have still n…Confession › Chapter 20 › Aphorism 7: VII. The povver of free choise in the regenerate is yet weake: so that vve haue still n…

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VII. The power of free choice in the regenerate is yet weak: so that we have still need of the help of God, neither can we do all that we would.

VII. The povver of free choise in the regenerate is yet weake: so that vve haue still neede of the help of God, neither can we do all that we would.

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But, because our regeneration is as it were only begun, and not as yet perfect, so that whereas we were before wholly flesh, now we consist partly of the spirit, and partly of the flesh, ¹which do continually fight the one against the other, that what good things we would, them we cannot perform, but in our spirit we serve the law of God, ²but in our flesh the law of sin: Therefore we believe, that which we also know by experience, in the regenerate, that much bondage still remaineth, much darkness in the soul, and perverseness in the heart, and weakness in all the faculties of mind and body: that we have still need of new help from God, and new grace, whereby both our minds may be more and more enlightened, and our wills made better & better, and our strength to do good more increased and perfected. And therefore while we remain in this flesh, our free choice is never truly and merely free: that is, never able enough of it self, to avoid ill and do good: ⟨p. 161⟩especially sith the event of all things is not in our power, but in the hand of God: and that it must needs be, that all those things come to pass,

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H. Zanchius his confession of Christian religion Which now at length being 70. years…H. Zanchius his confession of Christian religion Which novve at length being 70. yeares…

VII. The power of free choice in the regenerate is yet weak: so that we have still need of the help of God, neither can we do all that we would.

VII. The povver of free choise in the regenerate is yet weake: so that vve haue still neede of the help of God, neither can we do all that we would.

VIII. That God so governeth the minds and wills of the godly, that in the very conflict of temptations and of the flesh, he suffereth them not altogether to fall from him.

VIII. That God so gouerneth the mindes and wills of the godly, that in the very conflict of tēptations and of the flesh, he suffreth them not altogether to fall from him.

IX. Errors.

CHAP. XXI. Of good works.

CHAP. XXI. Of good workes.

I. They which are ingrafted into Christ, have both whereby they themselves do live, and bring forth the works of their life for others: and this is the principal end of their ingrafting.

I. They which are ingrafted into Christ, haue both whereby they themselues do liue, and bring forth the workes of their life for others: and this is the principall ende of their ingrafting.

II. What we mean by the name of good works.

II. What we meane by the name of good workes.

III. Good works are done of us by power of the holy ghost.

III. Good works are done of vs by power of the holy ghost.

IV. Good works are not the cause, but the effect of our uniting to Christ, and of our justification and life.

IV. Good works are not the cause, but the effect of our vniting to Christ, and of our iustification and life.

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VII. The power of free choice in the regenerate is yet weak: so that we have still need of the help of God, neither can we do all that we would.

VII. The povver of free choise in the regenerate is yet weake: so that vve haue still neede of the help of God, neither can we do all that we would.

VIII. That God so governeth the minds and wills of the godly, that in the very conflict of temptations and of the flesh, he suffereth them not altogether to fall from him.

VIII. That God so gouerneth the mindes and wills of the godly, that in the very conflict of tēptations and of the flesh, he suffreth them not altogether to fall from him.

IX. Errors.

CHAP. XXI. Of good works.

CHAP. XXI. Of good workes.

I. They which are ingrafted into Christ, have both whereby they themselves do live, and bring forth the works of their life for others: and this is the principal end of their ingrafting.

I. They which are ingrafted into Christ, haue both whereby they themselues do liue, and bring forth the workes of their life for others: and this is the principall ende of their ingrafting.

II. What we mean by the name of good works.

II. What we meane by the name of good workes.

III. Good works are done of us by power of the holy ghost.

III. Good works are done of vs by power of the holy ghost.

IV. Good works are not the cause, but the effect of our uniting to Christ, and of our justification and life.

IV. Good works are not the cause, but the effect of our vniting to Christ, and of our iustification and life.

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